I am a simple guy who strives to improve himself and had a associate in industrial electronics at 17(in college at 15) also studied computer sci and pc networking, (the old days win 3.11 novel and dos) I have stayed pretty current in the pc stuff and at one point had 14 pc's in my living room (19 inch rack mount using KVM's).

My job I work at a ATV manufaturer for the last year and their competitor (another atv manufacturer) about 10 years, and some military contracting here and there (heavy armored trucks) I am a welder by trade who is also a programmer of welding robots, I have been pressing into offline 3d modeling of parts then importing them into a welding robot cell where I can simulate the robots programming and then send the program into the robots,, basicly,, I am a nerd who can weld,,and likes fast snowmobiles motorcycles fourwheelers, and heavy diesel trucks,, I find soldering to be a type of welding in that by definition welding is the fusion of 2 or more pieces into one,, (burning metal is fun, and I can make many things)

I do not know that I bring any talent or expertise to this group but I hope to bring a positve fun attitude, (yes I am over 30 but dress like a biker,,but code like a nerd,,,haha )

I am going to try building some cnc machinery for my own small shop, and the books here and the people seem a smart place to learn.